December 29, 2009 - Tick Tock

The constant hum of machinery is an attack on my sensibilities. I seemed to have developed a need for quiet sounds, natural noise like bird twitterings, wind howling through trees and rushing water – but right now there is the distracting hum and grind of the day laborers chipping brush several homes up the street or the constant wailing of sirens in this Californian 'burb as well as the blow of the heater unit in my mother’s house which is terminally on. Other times it’s just the ticking of clocks, but they are located in just about every room, reminding me that life is short and I'm unemployed and I better get busy...with each reliable tick, I am advancing toward lunacy!